Display apparatus, drive circuit, driving method and electronic apparatus

Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display device; a touch detection device; and a driver unit driving the display device so as to sequentially display M horizontal lines in each of plural unit drive periods forming one frame period and driving the touch detection device in N touch detection periods provided in each unit drive period, in which N is lower than M.

The invention is claimed as follows: 
     
       1. A display device comprising:
 scanning signal lines extending in a line direction and being arranged in a column direction which intersects the line direction; 
 pixel signal lines extending in the column direction and being arranged in the line direction; 
 switch elements, each of the switch elements being electrically coupled to one of the gate lines and one of the signal lines; 
 pixel electrodes arranged in a row-column configuration, each of the pixel electrodes being electrically coupled to one of the switch elements; 
 drive electrodes overlapping the pixel electrodes; 
 a driver unit configured to cause the scanning signal lines, the pixel signal lines, and the drive electrodes to display images and to detect a touch; and 
 a control unit configured to cause the driver unit to:
 divide a frame in which a image is displayed by all of the pixel electrodes into a plurality of display periods; and 
 determine a touch period between the display periods in the frame, the touch detection period being a period in which the drive electrode are driven to detect a touch, 
 
 wherein the driver unit is configured to:
 during the display period, apply a DC drive signal to all the drive electrodes, apply a scanning signal to the scanning signal line sequentially to activate the switch elements of a target of the display operation, and apply pixel signals to the pixel signal lines to supply the pixel signals to the pixel electrode through the switch elements respectively, 
 during the touch period, apply an AC driving signal to the drive electrode to be a target of the touch detection operation and not apply the scanning signal to all scanning signal lines to inactivate all the switch elements. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The display device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein during the touch period, apply an AC driving signal to the drive electrode to be a target of the touch detection operation, apply a DC drive signal to the rest of the drive electrodes, and not apply the scanning signal to all scanning signal lines to inactivate all the switch elements. 
 
     
     
       3. The display device according to  claim 1  wherein the AC drive signal has at least one pulse. 
     
     
       4. The display device according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein a number of the pulse during the touch detection period is less than a number of the gate signal during the display period next to the touch detection period. 
 
     
     
       5. The display device according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein a number of the pulse during the touch detection period is equal to a number of the gate signal during the display period next to the touch detection period. 
 
     
     
       6. The display device according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein a number of the pulse during the touch detection period is more than a number of the gate signal during the display period next to the touch detection period. 
 
     
     
       7. The display device according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a liquid crystal layer, 
 wherein the pixel electrodes are formed between the liquid crystal layer and the drive electrodes. 
 
     
     
       8. The display device according to  claim 7 , further comprising
 touch detection electrodes above the drive electrodes, 
 capacitances are formed between the touch detection electrodes and the drive electrodes respectively. 
 
     
     
       9. The display device according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the drive electrodes lengthen in one direction of the column direction and the line direction, the touch detection electrode lengthen in other direction. 
 
     
     
       10. The display device according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a liquid crystal layer, 
 wherein the pixel electrodes are arranged opposite to the drive electrodes so as to sandwich the liquid crystal layer. 
 
     
     
       11. The display device according to  claim 10 , further comprising touch detection electrodes above the drive electrodes,
 capacitances are formed between the touch detection electrodes and the drive electrodes respectively. 
 
     
     
       12. The display device according to  claim 11 ,
 wherein the drive electrodes lengthen in one direction of the column direction and the line direction, the touch detection electrode lengthen in other direction.